Why are trade schools considered inferior to 4 year colleges?

I think that some people see trade school as the "lazy" way to get a degree. Obviously it isn't.

If anything, I wish I went to trade school. I would have spent less money on something more focused and to-the-point than spending 2 years taking literature classes that proved to be useless. If I went to trade school, I wouldn't have finished my major classes in 4 years only for advising to tell me "Oh we forgot to tell you, your foreign language credits don't count. You need to take at least 3 foreign language classes, and they must be the same language and they must be in separate semesters! Have fun paying a year of tuition money on German classes!"

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Why are trade schools considered inferior to 4 year colleges?

Just because someone goes to school for 2 or 3 more years than someone at a trade/vocational school makes them more intelligent or something? I've never understood it...

I became certified in 2 years and was working full time after graduation while the rest of my friends were off working...

I don't consider it inferior. A 4-year, traditional college isn't for everyone. But a trade school is also not for everyone. Some people aren't interested in trade jobs. I don't think one is better than the other.

The difference is you learned how to do particular job- colleges and universities give you an education.

Personally I dont care which a person picks - trade school or college but I do think it is important to get more than a high school diploma.

It goes back to the being able to book learn verse being able to apply and the debate over what really is intelligence. Many use things such as IQ testing, grammar, spelling, the ability to regurgitate information that was either read or presented a short time ago. Those are the ones who normally want to classify others into stereotypical groups. Measure success through educational or economic criteria that they themselves have already put into little boxes. There is a large slice of america that thinks along these lines. You can see it on this very board.

I went to College, a widely recognized and respected University in matter of fact. I know a lot of imbeciles who walked out with degrees.

So I can see where your coming from, It's probably because such a high emphasis has been placed on higher education in this country.

Lol @ the grammar Nazi on Y!A, get a life.

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My brother works in the motorsports industry and he took the trade school route to get where he's now. He used to work the assembly lines in the midwest before moving south to work for a chassis manufacturing company. His aim is to work with designers in the race car industry by being part of the design & build team.

Because you don't graduate trade school with a degree.

Ridiculous in my opinion. An education is an education, regardless of where you got it.

I don't consider one inferior to the other. Different people value different things. Personally, I value education. But obviously making a living is important too.

Now, trades are in short supply and high demand. I think we will see the trend shift and trades will definitely become higher valued. Especially with the economy the way it is.

If I had to choose for my children (which I won't), I would wish them to go to university to study an actual career - nursing, engineering, teaching, etc.

Just for the record - while I get that the vast majority of Philosophy majors work at McDonalds, my sister is one. She is 40 and a school principal making a great salary, with great work hours and a great pension.